Hayatab’s popular Swan Restaurant was hit by a bomb blast on Friday morning, leaving at least eight people wounded. The area has been cordoned off and details of the blast and its impact are yet to come.

A car parked in front of the restaurant has been destroyed entirely, suggesting that it carried the explosives that caused the blast. Official casualty report is to come but so far it has been learnt that the more seriously wounded have been taken to the Hayatabad Medical Complex for emergency treatment. The front wall of the restaurant’s building can be seen as badly damaged and smoke rising from the car has been photographed by journalists.

Meanwhile, the Hayatabad Medical Complex has declared a medical emergency. Security has been put on high alert and media people are, at the moment, not being allowed to scan the site of the incident.